How GirlBoss @Sophia Amoruso Lost $85,000,000 from Nasty Gal | The Quest Pod with Justin Kan
Welcome to The Quest Season 2: Episode 9 with Sophia Amoruso: the serial entrepreneur and New York Times Bestselling Author of #GIRLBOSS shares her journey starting over after $85 million, a Forbes cover and a Netflix show. ‘I don’t know why everything has to happen in f***ing biblical proportions in my life, but it does.’ I resonate with Sophia's story a lot. After bootstrapping her Ebay vintage store Nasty Gal to $28 million in revenue, she was named by Forbes as one of the richest self-made women in America. But in a sudden swing, both her marriage and career fell apart within 6 months. The ultimate dagger: the divorce and bankruptcy news broke while the Netflix show about her life, Girlboss, was aired. But Sophia didn’t give up. She launched her book, podcast, media company and business class. As a community-college dropout with no pedigree, she proved everyone wrong by going on to start many more businesses, including her newest one, Business Class, which she bootstrapped to a million in revenue in under a year. In this episode, we talk about the highlights and lowlights: what happened during that fateful year, how she dealt with the pain and moved forward. Sophia exemplifies what The Quest is about - I am excited and humbled to share our conversation with you. 0:00 Intro 0:53 Ebay to Nasty Gal vintage ($28 million revenue) 9:15 Bootstrapping v. venture capital 17:31 ‘Who let me in on this super yacht’? 26:38 Forbes, Netflix show, to divorce and bankruptcy (Nasty Gal fallout) 29:56 Moving forward with #GirlBoss 38:52 Business Class and Sophia’s lifestyle thesis 43:57 The meaning of life, Clubhouse and morning routines 51:38 Quest Fellow Q&A: Jaiya Join Twitch co-founder, Justin Kan (aka your favorite founder's favorite founder), on a quest to discover the human stories behind icons in tech, business, sports, music, and beyond. Let’s F**king Grow. SUBSCRIBE TO THE QUEST MEDIA ► @FractalRadio SUBSCRIBE TO MY ADVICE AND LIFE STORIES ► @JustinKanTV LISTEN TO THE QUEST POD ON APPLE POD/SPOTIFY: 🔴 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/th... 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zLH9PY... FOLLOW ME ON: 🕊Twitter: / justinkan 📂 LinkedIn: / justinkan 📸 Instagram: / justinkan 🤳 TikTok: / justinkan READ ABOUT THE QUEST POD IN PRINT: 👉 https://thequest.media #Girlboss #TheQuestPod #JustinKan
